This is the first version of the milling weather motif in Astrup's artistic production. In 1916 he repeated the motif in the painting Milling Weather (K125), and in the woodcut series Milling Weather (Greve 39) from 1917. In the newer versions the motif is  reversed, so that the man and the boy come in from the right. The format and the similarity in motif may suggest that Astrup has used the first version as a template for the woodcuts, but it is unclear how the motif was transferred to the key block for printing. Because of the artist’s interest in photography and developing glass plate negatives, the transference via enlargement or copying techniques is hypothetically possible.

A comparison with one of Astrup's photographs, which is an enlargement of the crown of a tree, may suggest that shoots from the tree trunk to the right was painted after a photographic template. In the photograph the top of the tree’s crown is missing – corresponding to the part that “grows out of “ the stumps in the painting. 

The painting has vertical crazing across the entire surface of the picture, which indicates that it had been rolled up after it was completed. 

1902-n.d.:

Nikolai Astrup

(1880-1928)

-1945-1969:

Jacob Fleischer d.e.

(1892-1969)

1969-1987-:

-1994-2005:

1987-5-23 - 1987-9-30

Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928

Åmot

55

1994 - 1994

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Stavanger

9

1994-9-17 - 1994-11-13

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Oslo

9

1995 - 1995

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Trondheim

9

1995 - 1995

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Lillehammer

9

1995-3-18 - 1995-5-7

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Bergen

9

1995-5-15 - 1995-9-15

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Jølster

9

2005-1-15 - 2005-2-27

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Tønsberg

[no]

2005-3-11 - 2005-5-1

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Drammen

[no]

2005-5-24 - 2005-8-14

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Bergen

[no]

2005-8-28 - 2005-10-23

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Stavanger

[no]

2005-11-6 - 2006-1-1

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Trondheim

[no]

2006-2-11 - 2006-3-26

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Kristiansand

[no]

2006-5-20 - 2006-8-13

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Jølster

[no]

2006-8-26 - 2006-10-1

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Notodden

[no]

2006-10-14 - 2006-12-30

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Lillehammer

[no]

2016-5-1 - 2016-5-5

Nikolai Astrup Painting Norway

London

65

2016-6-10 - 2016-9-11

Nikolai Astrup Norske Landskap

Oslo

65

2016-10-2 - 2017-1-22

Nikolai Astrup: Norwegen. Eine Entdeckung

Emden

65

2017-3-3 - 2020

Nikolai Astrup Ut av skyggen

Bergen

2021-6-19 - 2021-9-19

Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway

58

2021-10-15 - 2022-1-23

Nikolai Astrup. Rå natur

58

2022-2-19 - 2022-5-28

Nikolai Astrup. Visioner av norsk natur

58

Stiftelsen Modums Blaafarveværk (undefined.). Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Modum: [s.n.], 1987.

Loge, Øystein. Nikolai Astrup: tradisjon og overskridelse. [Høvikodden]: Henie-Onstad kunstsenter, 1994.

Milling Weather

undefined undefined undefined, 1902 - 1905, 450 x 560 mm

Sparebankstiftelsen DNB (The Savings Bank Foundation DNB), Kode Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem

: 2023-05-09
26729

undefined: Dag Fosse / KODE

26730

undefined: Dag Fosse / KODE

26731

undefined: Dag Fosse / KODE

This is the first version of the milling weather motif in Astrup's artistic production. In 1916 he repeated the motif in the painting Milling Weather (K125), and in the woodcut series Milling Weather (Greve 39) from 1917. In the newer versions the motif is  reversed, so that the man and the boy come in from the right. The format and the similarity in motif may suggest that Astrup has used the first version as a template for the woodcuts, but it is unclear how the motif was transferred to the key block for printing. Because of the artist’s interest in photography and developing glass plate negatives, the transference via enlargement or copying techniques is hypothetically possible.

A comparison with one of Astrup's photographs, which is an enlargement of the crown of a tree, may suggest that shoots from the tree trunk to the right was painted after a photographic template. In the photograph the top of the tree’s crown is missing – corresponding to the part that “grows out of “ the stumps in the painting. 

The painting has vertical crazing across the entire surface of the picture, which indicates that it had been rolled up after it was completed. 

1902-n.d.:

Nikolai Astrup

(1880-1928)

-1945-1969:

Jacob Fleischer d.e.

(1892-1969)

1969-1987-:

-1994-2005:

1987-5-23 - 1987-9-30

Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928

Åmot

55

1994 - 1994

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Stavanger

9

1994-9-17 - 1994-11-13

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Oslo

9

1995 - 1995

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Trondheim

9

1995 - 1995

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Lillehammer

9

1995-3-18 - 1995-5-7

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Bergen

9

1995-5-15 - 1995-9-15

Nikolai Astrup. Tradisjon og overskridelse

Jølster

9

2005-1-15 - 2005-2-27

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Tønsberg

[no]

2005-3-11 - 2005-5-1

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Drammen

[no]

2005-5-24 - 2005-8-14

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Bergen

[no]

2005-8-28 - 2005-10-23

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Stavanger

[no]

2005-11-6 - 2006-1-1

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Trondheim

[no]

2006-2-11 - 2006-3-26

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Kristiansand

[no]

2006-5-20 - 2006-8-13

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Jølster

[no]

2006-8-26 - 2006-10-1

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Notodden

[no]

2006-10-14 - 2006-12-30

Nikolai Astrup. Tilhørighet og identitet

Lillehammer

[no]

2016-5-1 - 2016-5-5

Nikolai Astrup Painting Norway

London

65

2016-6-10 - 2016-9-11

Nikolai Astrup Norske Landskap

Oslo

65

2016-10-2 - 2017-1-22

Nikolai Astrup: Norwegen. Eine Entdeckung

Emden

65

2017-3-3 - 2020

Nikolai Astrup Ut av skyggen

Bergen

2021-6-19 - 2021-9-19

Nikolai Astrup: Visions of Norway

58

2021-10-15 - 2022-1-23

Nikolai Astrup. Rå natur

58

2022-2-19 - 2022-5-28

Nikolai Astrup. Visioner av norsk natur

58

Stiftelsen Modums Blaafarveværk (undefined.). Nikolai Astrup 1880–1928. Modum: [s.n.], 1987.

Loge, Øystein. Nikolai Astrup: tradisjon og overskridelse. [Høvikodden]: Henie-Onstad kunstsenter, 1994.